COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Andrea Porter is stripping back the layers of bulletproof material as she researches ways to make body armor safer and more comfortable for women’s bodies. The Texas ...

If you compared today’s daily uniform wear body armor to that of the 1970s or 1980s, you’d see some pretty big differences. The focus of this article is why those differences are beneficial for both ...

The purpose of this overview is to provide a broad introduction to the nature of ceramic body armor plates and helmets as used by many U.S. servicemen and women; the medical basis for determining the ...

Retailers and manufacturers of body armor are reporting increased sales that are due in part to new customers seeking added protection following the recent spate of mass shootings. Representatives of ...

According to a report on Russia’s state-media agency TASS, the Obereg 2.0 body armor can also protect “vital organs, the neck, groin, shoulders, and the collar area, according to protection classes ...

This chapter discusses the foundational basis for the current body armor testing methodologies as practiced by military and law enforcement agencies. In the 1970s developments in fiber technology and ...